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YouTube and Google Videos currently lead the online video space and a lot of times there are instances where you might want to share a cool video with visitors to your blog.  For websites coding in php and HTML the option is easier where you can copy the embed HTML from YouTube or Google Video and paste in on posts on your website.

WordPress unfortunately does not understand the <iframe> tag you use when you need to embed this HTML on your blog and breaks the code. While there are ways around it, we are always looking for easier options to embed YouTube and Google Videos on your WordPress Blog. How about a Plugin where adds a YouTube, Google Videos, MetaCafe and some other popular Video sites onto your WordPress Write Post page like this.

Plugin Name: Viper’s Video Quicktags

Plugin Author: Viper007Bond

Plugin Homepage:

http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/

Download Viper’s Video Quicktags Plugin

Viper’s Video Quicktags Plugin currently supports the Video sites YouTube, Google Video, IFILM, Metacafe, MySpace as well as file types QuickTime (MOV, etc.), Generic video files (AVI, MPEG, WMV, etc.), Flash Video Files (FLV).

Embed YouTube and Google Video to your WordPress Blog using Viper’s Plugin

Step # 1: Download and extract Viper’s Quicktags Plugin. Extract the contents and upload it to your wp-content/plugins directory

Step # 2: Go to Plugins and activate the Plugin

Step # 3: Go to Options and click on Video QuickTags. Here you can set the options including where you want the buttons to appear on your WordPress rich text editor and other configuration options including how the videos are displayed (width, height, alignment on the page) and much more. The best part, all this won’t break your page’s (X)HTML validation.

Once you wish to add a video, if you click on the YouTube or Google Video or other video sites button, you will get a prompt for the URL of the video. Enter it and you are all set

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